February 23, 2015
How MasterCard Is Taking Biometrics To The Masses
It’s been a little over a week since The White House Cybersecurity Summit, during which U.S. President Barack Obama called upon tech and financial companies to band together to protect...
February 20, 2015
JPMorgan’s Military-Style Cybersecurity Response
JPMorgan Chase is not taking cyberthreats lightly. On the contrary, it has chosen to respond to them with military-grade strength when it comes to staffing its new cybersecurity unit. Get...
February 20, 2015
Are Bitcoins Funding ISIS?
2015 has been a tough year for bitcoin’s public image. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited free access to all PYMNTS content...
February 20, 2015
Latest Payments Breach Is Gaming Site
Seattle-based casual gaming company Big Fish Software notified customers last week that its billing and online payment systems were infected with malware, according to SC Magazine. Get the Full Story...
February 20, 2015
Anthem Racks Up Two More Lawsuits
Lawsuits are piling up over the data breach at Anthem, the second-largest U.S. health insurer, that exposed personal data about 80 million individuals. The latest was filed on Wednesday (Feb....
February 19, 2015
Federal Government Now Accepting PayPal and Dwolla
The federal government has opened up its pay portal, pay.gov, to the digital wallets from PayPal and Dwolla. This announcement follows a federal move to accept Apple Pay for many...
February 18, 2015
What’s Holding mPOS Back In Big Retail?
There’s only one thing that’s holding mPOS back from being the POS environment of choice for all retailers: security. That’s the point of view of Bluefin Payment Systems CEO John...
February 17, 2015
Bulgaria: competition watchdog fines Telecom
Bulgaria’s Commission for Protection of Competition said on February 17 that it has fined telecom firm 0.1 per cent of its net revenue for 2013, for unfair trade practices. CPC...
February 17, 2015
2014 Fraud Spike Cost US Retailers $32 Billion
For retailers and card issuers, the push to switch over to EMV and tokenized payments can’t come fast enough, as 2014 saw a spike in the total costs of fraudulent purchases...
Cryptocurrency exchanges are grappling with the EU’s PSD2 as they look to craft seamless experiences for their global customer bases. In the “Authenticated Payments Report,” a PYMNTS and LoginID collaboration, Marcus Hughes, of crypto exchange Coinbase, explains how platforms must build authentication measures that satisfy consumers and evolving regulations.